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All this, of course, cannot be done without the free response of the other side. The devoted attempts which have been made, especially in England, and for some years with us too, to win this response by long and unselfish solicitation were destined to remain merely the mission of individual lives, for they were not supported by the will of the community as a whole; it rather ran counter to them.
Joe joined because one of the objects which the traders had in view was similar to his own mission, namely, the promoting of peace among the various Indian tribes of the mountains and plains to the west.
Our true mission, he taught, was not to act over in the New World the barbarous game which has desolated the Old; but to offer to the nations of the earth, warring and discordant, oppressed and oppressing, the beautiful example of a free and happy people studying the things which make for peace, Democracy and Christianity walking hand in hand, blessing and being blessed.
What, then, of the other two phrases? They were short and simple. Whatever message they conveyed, it could not be a lengthy one. Nor was it likely that they contained a report of Francis' mission to Germany, whatever it had been.
Despite the swaggering and menacing tone of this guest, the evening was spent in successive rounds of mirth and exciting gaiety. Songs, toasts and speeches greeted the ears of the envoy, and amidst these he almost forgot the object of his mission. At last the fine was paid.
"If there is such a world as used to be talked about from the pulpit, you may depend upon it," she said to me once, "there will soon be organized a Humane Society in heaven, and a mission established among 'the spirits in prison." Number Five is a regular church-goer, as I am.
The more he thought of it the more puzzled he became. And then, in a flash, the possible solution of it all came to him. Had Culver Rann discovered the secret mission on which he and the old mountaineer were going into the North? Had he learned of the gold where it was to be found? And was their assassination the first step in a plot to secure possession of the treasure?
The day was warm and sultry, so that while most of the band were scattered through the forest upon this mission and upon that, these few stout fellows lay lazily beneath the shade of the tree, in the soft afternoon, passing jests among themselves and telling merry stories, with laughter and mirth.
I came once to your cottage; it was night, and the door opened beneath my hand but your time was not then. But ha! I met you among trees, as I did once before, and I told you my name as I did once before, and I spoke of her of Angela, and cried her name and shot you just here, above the brow; and so you died, Devil Vibart, as soon I must, for my mission is accomplished " "It was you!"
How quickly they cover all that it is their mission to destroy and to bury, and how promptly they create frightful gulfs! Such was the physiognomy of the salons of those distant and candid times when M. Martainville had more wit than Voltaire. These salons had a literature and politics of their own. They believed in Fievee. M. Agier laid down the law in them.
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